THE LANGLADE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Perkinstown End Moraines setting.
Langlade County has 870.7 square miles of land in Wisconsin. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Langlade County: Perkinstown End Moraines, Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain, Brule and Paint River Drumlins, among others.
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Regional context: Northern Lakes and Forests ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Langlade County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Perkinstown End Moraines29.5%
- Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain29.5%
- Brule and Paint River Drumlins22.1%
- Upper Wolf River Stagnation Moraine15.1%
- Northern Wisconsin Highlands Lakes Country3.9%
North Central Hardwood Forests in Langlade County
This transition between northern forests and southern farming country includes lakes, wetlands and hardwood woodland. Glacial landforms support a mosaic of open land and wooded areas.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Langlade County
The atlas lists 22 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Langlade County, including Wolf River, Langlade, Elcho. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Langlade County by land and water
The Census records 17.1 square miles of water within Langlade County, or 1.9% of its total area. That share is close to Langlade County’s 1.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Langlade County has 23.3 times the land area of nearby Neva town (37.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Forest County, Lincoln County, Marathon County, Menominee County, Oconto County, Oneida County, Shawano County within Wisconsin. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

